Things to see and do Canal du Midi

To facilitate the life of tourists, the commune opens in summer a Tourist Information Centre in Marseillan-Ville. An excellent initiative for all those who cannot go to the tourist office of Marseillan-Plage.

This endowment fund intends to preserve, enhance and animate the City of Carcassonne. Founded by passionate Carcassonnais, this initiative develops projects mixing popularization and innovation, in connection with heritage, art and the center of living medieval history and the language institute. Their 1st action dates from 2017 with contemporary casts of gothic gargoyles. Operating on the basis of patronage, the collective is based in the heart of the Hôtel de la Cité.

Castelnaudary offers numerous tourist activities and sites to visit. For nature lovers, it's possible to take a car-free getaway and explore the surrounding countryside. Food lovers can sample the famous Argent Double cherry clafoutis, a local specialty. Wine lovers can explore the Minervois vineyards and take part in tastings. The town also offers a varied cultural agenda, with poetry festivals and concerts. For accommodation, you can stay at Mas de l'Écluse, a quality guesthouse located between the Canal du Midi and the vineyards.

This easy walk gives you a few sports moments. Does the path you commit to appear to be routine: It likes to vary between climbs, descents, streams, clearings, fields or sous… Even the markup changes, so take care not to lose you! To close your journey, you will borrow the "tram route" to Fanjeaux: then you walk along the road that once allowed the food to be transported between the Lauragais plain and the Black Mountain.

Tariff: free.

Distance: 6 km.

Duration: 1 h.

Difficulty: .

Markup: green point on yellow background and then blue on yellow background.

The gate of the archbishop's palace, which gives direct access to Palais-Neuf, is at the right of the route of Ancre. We can see the top of the keep of Gilles Aycelin's donjon from the main courtyard. This donjon was built to establish the authority of the archbishops over the Viscounts; whose residence was located just opposite, in order keep watch of the bridge and the neighbouring port. Enter through the reception of the town hall in order to visit the vaulted room called salle du Trésor. You can also visit the hall of the Consuls, which is characterised by a series of pillars supporting the upper floor. It constitutes the remains of the first fortification ramparts built in the Roman Empire to protect the roman people from the barbarian invasions. You reach the first floor by a staircase built in 1628 where you can find the famous room of the superb synod hall, it was the reception hall of the archbishop, where several Languedoc General Assemblies were held. The height of this room was reduced by half to enable the creation of an additional floor. On these walls, you can admire four Aubusson tapestries of the 17th century, which were based on the Stories of Esther.